oh my god skullgirls aaaaaaaaa
peacock <3
cannot wait for this game
in other news there was a BB:CS2 tournament at my local gaming store the other day (they do not do regular BB, it was a one off, sadly). now, playing on a PSP for so long... I struggled to get used to the PS3 controller. Thus, with Jin, I had some difficulty pulling off Blizzards in the first match. However, here is my report:
R1: vs Taokaka
First round goes poorly. I fail to get used to the controls, and as a result cannot combo off properly. I luckmash out a Touga Hyojin late-game to level us out, but he can combo more consistently, so I lose.
Second round also goes terribad, but I can do supers more consistently. Rather than going aggro mixup, I was forced to block high his stupid aircombos before retaliating with 6C > dash cancel > 5C > jc > air combo, which was annoying, but I pulled through in the end, if only narrowly.
Third round is now an even match now that I'm broken in, and comfortable with a non-flat controller. I take control of the whole game thanks to hitting with 6B > Sekkajin-8 combo at the beginning. He pulls off a few low-mid combos by catching me off guard with his bullshit mixup, but that gives me enough meter to Hiyoku Getsumei for game.
R2: vs Noel
The guy spammed Chain Revolver, meaning it was easy game so long as I knew which ones were safe/unsafe on block. Annoyingly, Noel is one of the characters I can't do the 6C > 2D > 6C > 214C juggle combo with, so I end up having to pin him against the corner instead. I win both games somewhat easily, but he sneaks in a Fenrir in the second right after I deplete my meter for a double-EX combo.
R3: vs Hazama
ohfuckohfuckohfuck this guy knows what he's doing.
The first round he gets me in the chain-corner lock pretty early, and from there I end up wasting my burst to claim a narrow victory. FUN FACT: 236D goes through Ouroboros :D
The second round he plays a much more pressure-oriented game rather than beatdown, and because Hishoukens are my only projectiles and the non-D versions don't go through Ouroboros, yet Ouroboros is faster and has less recovery, I'm forced to go rushdown. It doesn't end well, and I luck out by timing Hirensou just right so that I get invincibility as he uses Rapture. Closing the distance again was hard, but it only needed a small combo to win from there.
R4: vs Valkenhayn
I got raped, straight up. Game 1 was near perfect, except there was a midair collision between ice car and Nacht Jager. Otherwise, I was wolfbait.
Game 2 I abuse Jin's pressure - spamming 5D now and again to follow up with a 623B > 2C > 6C > 6D > stuff combo barely allowed me to win.
Game 3 he manages to launch his stupid distortion on me, which I think makes it game, but a late-burst followed up with 6C > Hiyoku > 5C > jc > jB > j2C > jC > jD wins me the match.
Final round: vs Valkenhayn
This Valkenhayn was mad different to the one I just faced. Lots of jumping around and straight up endless blockstrings as opposed to super mixup pressure. At this point I curse madly about how jD doesn't hit above Jin, even though the animation clearly does... It's a narrow game, but he catches me in the wolf-loop where he drills up and down. I lose humbly.
Second game is a shambles - at the start we both hop back. Then as both go in for an assault he goes 3C I attempt jB. They miss each other. I launch the first combo, but poor timing means that my jC whiffs, and he recovers and starts applying the hurt. I burst pretty early out of panic and try to swarm him with ice stuff, at one point applying the corner combo; 5B > 5C > 623B > 2C > 6C > 6D > JC > jB > j2C > j.236B, but his air recovery is top notch, and he catches me as I land. I use my SECOND BURST to throw him back into the corner and combo in order to secure game.
Third game.... all I am going to say is that he pulled off an Astral Finish.
So I get second place. A small prize of a bunch of YGO boosters, but it was good to see how my AI training fares against human hands.
Granted, my opponents weren't exactly top notch, but at least now I'm confident that single-player on PSP doesn't leave you as a scrub.